Improvement in railroad-rails



UNITED STATES PATENT -OEE1CE.

VILLIAM W'ATSON, OF TONICA, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAILROAD-RAILS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 33,503, dated October 15, 1861.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM VATSON, of Tonica, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railroad-Rails; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 isvan end view of the rail as laid down on the track, formed of two parts and bolted together, making an endless rail.

The same letters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

A is the upperpart of the rail; B, the lower part.

C and D are braces, C on the inside of the rail and D on the outside.

E is a bolt with a slot and key to clamp the rail and braces together.

The upper and lower parts of the rail are of equal lengths and the joints are broken in the center of each, forming a more perfect endless rail than has heretofore been in use, and to allow the upper part of the rail when worn out to be removed and a new section put in its place without removing the lower half of the rail, and it is believed that by using this device there will he a saving of seventyve per cent. in the repairs of rails and fifty per cent. in the cost of replacing the old ones,

made with a hoek to pass over the edge of the rail. Fig. 3 is the out-side brace With teats or dowel-pins on the upper and lower sides and corresponding holes in the upper and lower parts of the rail to receive the same. The object of the braces is to support the upper part of the rail and preventit from breaking over while the loadis passing. Fig. 4 is a side view .of the brace C and needs no explaining. Figs.

5 and (5 are sectionsof the rail shown apart.

That I claim as my invention is- The improved mode ot construction of the railroad-rail in its several parts, as herein described,in combination with its supports and braces bolted and fitted together in the manner and for the purposes herein described.

WILLIAM WATSON.

Witnesses:

ELIAS W. WooD, 'HENRY GUNN. 

